ZAZ:I'm not familiar with Republic. Does the CEO deserve to be tortured and murdered?

Republic Airlines doesn't fly under its own name. It flies puddle jumpers for subsidiaries of the big airlines. The big airlines find it cheaper to outsource these operations to Republic. Given how cheap the big guys are when it comes to employees, it's likely that to be cheaper and make it worthwhile for both companies, Republic must cut an awful lot of corners, most of which probably impact employees directly.

Republic operates planes for many other airlines. I believe they were operating many of the Midwest Express flights I was on several years back. Their website says they also operate American Eagle and a few others.

Republic has singlehandedly destroyed thousands of pilots careers. Lots of divorces, bankruptcies, etc. They've screwed their pilots real bad over the last few years. Forced moves across the country and back again, paying their first officers $20-30k/yr. Buying out other airlines (Midwest/Frontier) and then imposing new contracts on those pilots, etc.

He absolutely shouldn't have done it. But, for those asking why... well... that airline is full of a bunch of mad pissed off pilots. Throw in a little personal crazy and you have this.

Thank you Republic Airlines, what a joy to the musician you areWhat a zest you add to pedestrian skiesIt was boring to be flying where the wild goose fliesBut the tedium was broken by your wonderful surpriseWhen you broke the neck on my guitar.

Thank you Republic Airlines, for splintering the neck on my guitarMy guitar case was so strong that nothing could go through itWay to go, Republic, only you could do it.

Crash Bang, Republic Airlines, in the field of demolition you're a starFor you took it as a challenge when I turned in my caseAnd you saw the Fragile stickers glued all over the placeMay a team of mad flamenco dancers do to your faceWhat you did to the neck of my guitarThere could be no greater satisfaction than ifYou should be the next to go the way of Braniff!

Facing 5 years in prison for writing a strongly worded letter to a CEO...

There are convicted rapists walking the streets, first time drug offenders doing 9 months, Alcoholics with 15 DUIs still behind the wheel, and countless other legal atrocities, but screw with a CEO and you'll find yourself in the box faster than meth-head on commissary day...

CeroX:Facing 5 years in prison for writing a strongly worded letter to a CEO...

There are convicted rapists walking the streets, first time drug offenders doing 9 months, Alcoholics with 15 DUIs still behind the wheel, and countless other legal atrocities, but screw with a CEO and you'll find yourself in the box faster than meth-head on commissary day...

Outlaw2097:can we turn this into a regional airline pay crap wages thread?

/pay scale at republic//good luck posting bond with these figures///take the hourly rate and put three zeros behind it...that is annual pay

Pilots only get paid for hours they're actually flying. So those hourly wages look a lot better than they actually are.

At the average, guaranteed pay of 75hrs/mo, the highest paid first officer/copilot at republic is making $33,300/year. That even applies to someone who has been there for years and years. New pilots are starting at $20,700/year.

Outlaw2097:can we turn this into a regional airline pay crap wages thread?

/pay scale at republic//good luck posting bond with these figures///take the hourly rate and put three zeros behind it...that is annual pay

Yeah, pilots that don't work directly for the big players are paid terribly. It is kind of a way of 'paying dues' in order to get enough hours in to get hired by Delta or American. Most don't, so just remember that when flying on those little planes. The pilot is probably just as pissed-off as this guy.

95629:Outlaw2097: can we turn this into a regional airline pay crap wages thread?

/pay scale at republic//good luck posting bond with these figures///take the hourly rate and put three zeros behind it...that is annual pay

Pilots only get paid for hours they're actually flying. So those hourly wages look a lot better than they actually are.

At the average, guaranteed pay of 75hrs/mo, the highest paid first officer/copilot at republic is making $33,300/year. That even applies to someone who has been there for years and years. New pilots are starting at $20,700/year.

For reference, if you work 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year, at the Federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, you would make $15,080 dollars a year. Obviously, fewer hours worked here, but, yeah...

95629:Outlaw2097: can we turn this into a regional airline pay crap wages thread?

/pay scale at republic//good luck posting bond with these figures///take the hourly rate and put three zeros behind it...that is annual pay

Pilots only get paid for hours they're actually flying. So those hourly wages look a lot better than they actually are.

At the average, guaranteed pay of 75hrs/mo, the highest paid first officer/copilot at republic is making $33,300/year. That even applies to someone who has been there for years and years. New pilots are starting at $20,700/year.

Yeah, regional pilots get screwed pretty hard. I'm reasonably close to the first officer pay cap and I'm flying a three seat eggbeater.

CeroX:Facing 5 years in prison for writing a strongly worded letter to a CEO...

There are convicted rapists walking the streets, first time drug offenders doing 9 months, Alcoholics with 15 DUIs still behind the wheel, and countless other legal atrocities, but screw with a CEO and you'll find yourself in the box faster than meth-head on commissary day...

This jumped out at me, too.

I wonder, though, what type of sentence he should realistically expect.

Maybe I'm missing something, but this sounds more like 1000 hours of community service, a $2500 fine, and court ordered therapy to me.

CeroX:Facing 5 years in prison for writing a strongly worded letter to a CEO...

There are convicted rapists walking the streets, first time drug offenders doing 9 months, Alcoholics with 15 DUIs still behind the wheel, and countless other legal atrocities, but screw with a CEO and you'll find yourself in the box faster than meth-head on commissary day...

Queensowntalia:ChrisDe: This a different Republic Airlines than the one from the 80s.

That explains it.

Still merits mention..

Thank you Republic Airlines, what a joy to the musician you areWhat a zest you add to pedestrian skiesIt was boring to be flying where the wild goose fliesBut the tedium was broken by your wonderful surpriseWhen you broke the neck on my guitar.

Thank you Republic Airlines, for splintering the neck on my guitarMy guitar case was so strong that nothing could go through itWay to go, Republic, only you could do it.

Crash Bang, Republic Airlines, in the field of demolition you're a starFor you took it as a challenge when I turned in my caseAnd you saw the Fragile stickers glued all over the placeMay a team of mad flamenco dancers do to your faceWhat you did to the neck of my guitarThere could be no greater satisfaction than ifYou should be the next to go the way of Braniff!

(they did).

For the life of me I could not find this on YouTube, alas.

Thank you, Tom Paxton. I looked for it, too. Maybe I'll create a video for that song and upload it for the next time we have a thread about an abusive airline.

95629:At the average, guaranteed pay of 75hrs/mo, the highest paid first officer/copilot at republic is making $33,300/year. That even applies to someone who has been there for years and years. New pilots are starting at $20,700/year.

if this pilot shortage is real they will keep shoving these people over the min guarantee. regardless, the pay is before taxes and factoring in paying off loans to get to this 'stage' of their career.